Design and method of making it



June 13, 1933. o BAEUERLE 1,914,096

DESIGN AND METHOD OF MAKING IT Filed Oct. 25, 1950 IN VEN TOR.

, ATTORNEY.

Patented June 13, 1933 ATES OSCAR H. B AEUERLE, F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA DESIGN AND METHOD OF MAKING IT Application filed October 25, 1930. Serial No. 491,173.

The object of this invention is to, devise a novel design and a novel method of making it whereby any design orpicture can t be analyzed and mathematically computed so that the reproduction of the design or picture can be progressively built up by means of blocks or strips of material of different colors. After the reproduction has been thus developed the blocks or strips can be secured in assembled condition to form the finished design. The face of the design may be chased and polished.

In accordance with this method a faithful reproduction can be made in metal of the original with the same color effect and appearance as such original. The reproduced design or picture can be mounted or be secured to any desired type of a backing. If the desi n is reproduced by means of strips it can be cut into a desired number of secas will hereinafter more clearly appear, my

invention comprehends a novel design and novel method of making it whereby any design or picture may be analyzed and mathevmatically geometrically. calculated and in accordance with such calculations all the details of the picture can be progressively developed in metals, orother material, to produce the same color elfect and appearance as the original.

Other novel features of construction and advantage Will hereinafter more clearly appear in the detailed description and the appended claims.

For the purpose of illustrating the invention I have shown in the accompanying drawing a typical embodiment of it, which, in practice, will give reliable and satisfactory results. it is, however, to be under stood tnat this embodiment is typical only and that the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variously arranged and organized, and the invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of these instrumentalities as herein set forth.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a design and an analyzing member by means of which certain steps in my novel method may be carried out.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of a finished reproduced design.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of some of the form of strips which may be employed in'reproducing a design or picture.

Figure 4 is a detail showing more clearly the manner in which pieces of different colors are assembled. I

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawing The design, picture or reproduction which is to be made is preferably mathematically geometrically analyzed and this can be accomplished by employing a lined sheet of material 1 which may be opaque or trans- 7 parent. This sheet 1, as illustrated, is provided with lines which form spaces 2 so that the design'and color eflect of the picture 3 may be determined, and also, if desired, of the border 4.

In Figure 2, I have shown the completed design as at 5, which is surrounded by a border or backing 6. The design is progressively built up by using pieces of mate rial of different colors or tints and the shape in cross section of such pieces may vary Widely in practice.

For the purpose of illustrating the invention, I have preferred to show the pieces 7 as being rectangular in cross section so that they may be divided into sections, such as, 8 and 9, or they may be cut on the diagonal to form pieces 10 which are triangular in cross section.

It will now be understood that in making the mathematical analysis of the design a lined sheet is assembled with respect to the original so that the original can now be considered as. consisting of a number of spaces surrounded by lines so that each space 29; number of different pieces of different ing border applied to it.

of a line can be definitely identified as to detail and color so that such space would consist of a full piece, such as, 7, of a certain color or of sections of a piece 7 with the sections of dilferent colors. he metal or other pieces, such as, 7, 8, 9 and 10, irrespective of their contour in cross section, would then be brought together in accordance with the mathematical calculations shown on the chart which has been formed from the original picture. The entire picture may be built up in this manner. A predetermined section of the picture may be made up at a time, such as, for example, a quarter or other sectional portion. After they have been assembled in this manner pressure is applied to bring the sections of the pieces together so that the line formatipns of the reproduction, due to the divisions between a large shapes, substantially disappears.

The composite design can be secured to backing of any desired character and in any desired manner, or it may have a surround- It will be apparent that where pieces are employed instead of blocks that the reproduced design or picture can be cut into any desired number of sections. Each section is then secured to e -its respective backing or border. The surface or exposed face may be chased by means of a chasing tool to bring out more prominently details of the picture, and then polished so that all the details of the design blend with each other.

The individual pieces or strips of which the composite design is made may be se cured together by pressure and one end, such as, for example, the back, can be soldered, brazed or otherwise fixedly connected. The composite picture thus formed may be cut into any desired number of individual pictures and the face which is to be exposed to view is then finished in any desired manner.

' j The manner in which the picture is finished will depend largely upon the effect which is to be produced and, for example, this finishing operation may be done by means of a sandblasting operation, or its equivalent, by

\ grinding, by chasing with a chasing tool details of the picture which are to be brought out more prominently, by polishing, or by a combination of any of the herein described steps.

In so far as I am aware I am the first in the art to build up a design in this manner by means of pieces, such as, strips and blocks to reproduce in metal or other material, in color, substantially all the details of the original from which the reproduction was made.

it will be apparent from the foregoing that in the preferred manner of carrying out the invention 1 block the surface of the foriginal from which the reproduction is to be made, into spaces, each space being indicative of certain detail and certain color of the original. I then, in making the reproduction, fill in each space with pieces indicative of the detail and color of the original as has been determined from the analysis of the original.

It is to be understood that where, in the claims and in this description, I use the word design that I desire this word to be broadly construed as covering any picture, drawing, chart, sketch, map, or any type of a design which is to be reproduced to form a substantial facsimile of the original.

It will now be apparent that T have devised a new and useful design and method of making it which embodies the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the tatenient of the invention and the above description, and while I have, in the present instance, shown and described a preferred embodiment thereof which will give in prac tice satisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood that this embodiment is susceptible of modification in various particulars without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention what 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A composite design consisting of colored pieces of different shapes in cross section assembled in accordance with the geometrical color analysis of a design to be reproduced with the design chased to render it more prominent.

2. A composite design consisting of metal pieces of different colors brazed together and of different contours in cross section assembled in accordance with the geometrical analysis, as to color and detail, of the original from which it is reproduced.

3. The method of making a composite reproduction in inetal of a design, which consists in geometrically analyzing a design in spaces indicative of color, filling such spaces with pieces corresponding in color and contour to the original, compressing the pieces together to form a composite reproduction, and chasing the design to render more prominent reproduced details of the original.

4:. The method of making a composite reproduction of a design which consists in blocking off an original into spaces, each space being indicative of color and detail of the original, and then filling in corresponding spaces with pieces and sections of pieces indicative of the color and detail of the original design and thereby producing substantially a facsimile of the original, and then brazing the composite pieces making up the reproduced design in assembled relation.

osoAn n. BAEUERLE. 

